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Tromsø

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Tromsø kommune

Romssa Suohkan
Coat of airms o Tromsø kommune
Coat airms
Official logo of Tromsø kommune
Troms within
Norawa
Tromsø within Troms
Tromsø within Troms
Coordinates: 69°40′58″N 18°56′34″E / 69.68278°N 18.94278°E / 69.68278; 18.94278Coordinates: 69°40′58″N 18°56′34″E / 69.68278°N 18.94278°E / 69.68278; 18.94278
KintraNorawa
CoontyTroms
DestrictNord-Troms
Admeenistrative centreTromsø
Govrenment
 • Mayor (2011)Jens Johan Hjort (H)
Area
 • Total2520.11 km2 (973.02 sq mi)
 • Laund2473.36 km2 (954.97 sq mi)
 • Water46.75 km2 (18.05 sq mi)
Area rank#18 in Norawa
Population
 (2012)
 • Total71,590
 • Rank#8 in Norawa
 • Density27.9/km2 (72/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
14.2%
Demonym(s)Tromsøværing[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1902
Offeecial leid formNeutral
Websitetromso.kommune.no
Data frae Stateestics Norawa

Tromsø (Northren Sami: Romsa;[2] Kven: Tromssa) is a ceety an municipality in Troms county, Norawa. The admeenistrative centre o the municipality is the ceety o Tromsø.

Tromsø ceety is the nint lairgest urban aurie in Norawa bi population,[3] an the seivent lairgest ceety in Norawa bi population.[4] It is the lairgest ceety an the lairgest urban aurie in Northren Norawa, an the seicont lairgest ceety an urban aurie in Sápmi (follaein Murmansk).

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Tromsø haes eleiven twin touns an sister ceeties:[5]

Sister ceety Syne Kintra
Kemi 1940 Finland
Luleå 1950 Swaden
Ringkøbing 1950 Denmark
Grimsby 1961 Unitit Kinrick
Pune 1966 Indie
Anchorage 1969 United States
Zagreb 1971 Croatie
Murmansk 1972 Roushie
Quetzaltenango 1999 Guatemala
Gaza 2001 State o Palestine
Nadym 2008 Roushie

References

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  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norn). Språkrådet. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. Erroneously, the Sámi name is aften believed tae be "Romssa". This is acause "Tromsø Municipality" is "Romssa Suohkan". Romssa, housomeivver is the genitive case, so that "Romssa Suohkan" translates tae "the Municipality of Romsa".
  3. Norse Wikipedia, (in Norse)
  4. Norwegian Wikipedia, (in Norse)
  5. List of twin towns from Tromsø municipality (Norwegian) Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine